a newly purchased barong for review

pallas · 5th June 2010, 04:49 PM

thanks! yea, i was told that it could have been made at any time between 1895 an 1930, so end of the 19th-early 20th century somewhere.

kai · 8th June 2010, 08:35 PM

Early 20th c. sounds good to me (with later replaced scabbard). For better gripping, there seem to have been usually several bands of woven fiber placed along the barung grip area; however, the thread behind the ferrule is recent and I'd remove it.

Lew's example is 19th c. - nicely carved scabbard!

Regards,
Kai

5th June 2010, 04:49 PM	#1
pallas Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 53	thanks! yea, i was told that it could have been made at any time between 1895 an 1930, so end of the 19th-early 20th century somewhere.

8th June 2010, 08:35 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Early 20th c. sounds good to me (with later replaced scabbard). For better gripping, there seem to have been usually several bands of woven fiber placed along the barung grip area; however, the thread behind the ferrule is recent and I'd remove it. Lew's example is 19th c. - nicely carved scabbard! Regards, Kai